Physics
Scientific paper
Sep 1992
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992esasp.346..133h&link_type=abstract
In ESA, Study of the Solar-Terrestrial System p 133-138 (SEE N93-31674 12-90)
Physics
Boundary Layer Plasmas, Boundary Layer Transition, Electron Density (Concentration), Electron Energy, Magnetopause, Planetary Boundary Layer, Magnetosheath, Parameter Identification, Plasma Sheaths, Plasmas (Physics), Tropical Regions
Scientific paper
The construction of a 'transition parameter' based on electron density and temperature, which orders independent plasma measurements into well defined patterns which are consistent from case to case, is shown. It is concluded that there is a gradual change in the balance of processes which determine the structure of the layer and it is suggested that there is no advantage in dividing the layer into different regions. It is further concluded that the mixing processes in the layer act in an organized way to give the consistent patterns revealed by the transition parameter. More active processes must sometimes take place to give the extreme values (for example in velocity) which are seen in some crossings.
Bryant Duncan A.
Hapgood M. A.
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